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Buttonquails, also called hemipodes, are small ground birds belonging to the family Turnicidae that are often mistaken for true quail due to their similar appearance. Despite their misleading common name, they are not actually related to Old World quail and belong to a different taxonomic order, making them a distinctly separate group of birds that scientists classify quite differently from what the name suggests.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Charadriiformes
- Image
- Turnix sylvatica.jpg
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- Commons category
- Turnicidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Turnicidae
- taxon name
- Turnicidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- Commons gallery
- Turnicidae
- taxon common name
- springvaktelfamilien
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Vechtkwartels (familie Turnicidae) zijn een familie van vogels uit de orde steltloperachtigen (Charadriiformes). Er zijn 18 soorten verdeeld over twee geslachten. De vogels lijken sterk op kwartels maar behoren niet tot de familie van de Hoendervogels.
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